http://blog.temporarychef.com/food/christmas-cookies-springerle/ Notes From The Back Of The House Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:23:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.temporarychef.com/food/christmas-cookies-springerle/comment-page-1/#comment-4503 Ginny Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:08:31 +0000 http://blog.temporarychef.com/?p=894#comment-4503 What beautiful molds. I'm not wild about anise-flavored stuff, but my favorite Christmas cookies are pfeffernussen, which contain anise along with cardamom, almond, orange, lemon, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and black pepper., for which they're named. My Christmas standards were always pfeffernussen, spritz cookies, hard gingerbread, pepparkakor, nusskipferln, and walnut freezer cookies. Then I'd make something chocolate and some quick drop cookies, sometimes with mince, marmalade, or candied citron. Nowadays I am too lazy to bake so many cookies, but I always make the pfeffernussen, because they're the ones I would miss the most if I didn't make them. Pepparkakkor are a close runner-up; they melt in your mouth, but they're very time-consuming with all the rolling and cutting. I have my former mother-in-law's old Swedish family recipe, and they're excellent. What beautiful molds. I’m not wild about anise-flavored stuff, but my favorite Christmas cookies are pfeffernussen, which contain anise along with cardamom, almond, orange, lemon, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and black pepper., for which they’re named. My Christmas standards were always pfeffernussen, spritz cookies, hard gingerbread, pepparkakor, nusskipferln, and walnut freezer cookies. Then I’d make something chocolate and some quick drop cookies, sometimes with mince, marmalade, or candied citron. Nowadays I am too lazy to bake so many cookies, but I always make the pfeffernussen, because they’re the ones I would miss the most if I didn’t make them. Pepparkakkor are a close runner-up; they melt in your mouth, but they’re very time-consuming with all the rolling and cutting. I have my former mother-in-law’s old Swedish family recipe, and they’re excellent.

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